Portable battery-lamp.



PA-TBNTED MAY 14, 1907 s. W. GIBBS, JR. PORTABLE BATTERY LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE5,1906.

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UNITED STATES STEPHEN WILSON GIBBS, JB,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY.

PORTABLE BATTERY-LAMP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.

Application filed June 5, 1906- Serial No. 320,278.

To (LI/Z whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN WILSON GIBBS, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Frankfort, in the county of Franklin and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Improvements in Portable Battery-Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is aportable battery lamp,

and has for its object to rovide a simple and inexpensive apparatus this kind especially adapted for bandsmen on night work.

In the accompanying drawing z Figure 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 an end view of the invention.

Referring specifically to the drawin 5 denotes a back or supporting plate for t e music book or sheet. The top of the plate is bent over to form a hood 6 inside of which is placed a small electric lamp 7. The inside oi": the hood can be polished so that it will act as a reflector. The battery which supplies the electric current to the lamp is contained ii; a case 8 which is secured on the back of the ate 5.

A switch for turning the light on or off is indicated at 9.

In use, the plate 5 with the music book or Sheet thereon, will be placed in a clamp 10 which is mounted on the musical instrument in the usual manner. The hood throws the light on the notes which are thus sufficiently illuminated so that they can be easily read.

2. The combination with a portable music support, of a reflector thereon, an electric lam in front of the reflector, and a battery for t e lamp carried by the support.

3. The combination with a supporting plate having a reflector thereon, of an electric lamp in front of the reflector, and a battery secured to the plate, and connected to the lamp.

4. The combination with a supporting plate having a reflecting hood at the top, of an electric lamp inside the hood, and a battery secured to the back of the plate, and connected to the lamp.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBINSON FARMER, D. D. SMITH. 

